by Mike Babcock | Oct 9, 2018 | Football
Tom Osborne went for two, as he said he would, even though an extra-point kick and a tie almost certainly would have meant a national championship. But he played to win, as did those he coached. “I would have felt just the same if we had tied,” guard...
by Mike Babcock | Oct 2, 2018 | Football
Nebraska prepared to defend against Oklahoma’s wishbone offense prior to the Big Eight rivals’ 1983 game at Norman, played in the rain, temperature in the mid-50s, with a capacity crowd of 75,008 and a national television audience on CBS. In...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 25, 2018 | Football
The stereo LP, “Coke is it! Big Red Country,” manufactured by H.H.H. Productions and All Pro Records in Nashville, was released in 1982. It includes 14 tracks, four “COKE IS IT,” two vocal and two instrumental versions, as well as 10 related to...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 18, 2018 | Football
The first week of November 1983, before Nebraska played host to Iowa State, the Associated Press reported that a concert promoter-entrepreneur, Barry Fey, was proposing a “Dream Game” matching the No. 1- and No. 2-ranked college football teams, following...
by Mike Babcock | Sep 12, 2018 | Football
It was not a Heisman moment. Mike Rozier fielded the opening kickoff of the Kansas State game in 1983 deep in the end zone, took the ball out to the 1-yard line, then stepped back into the end zone where he was smothered by tacklers for a safety. The Wildcats led 2-0...
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